Proverbs 1:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

She cries out in the chief places of concourse, at the openings of the gates; she speaks her words in the city, saying,

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  • Prov 9:3 : 3 She has sent out her maidens: she cries out on the highest places of the city,
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
  • Matt 13:2 : 2 And a great multitude gathered to Him, so He went into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.
  • John 18:20 : 20 Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always gather, and in secret I have said nothing.
  • Acts 5:20 : 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

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